CHEM5544 · Chemistry
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
Survey and analysis of contemporary strategies employed in the synthesis of medicinally significant natural and unnatural products. Examines the creativity and logic of approaches toward medicinally important compounds. Topics will include novel strategies toward synthetic problems and landmark total syntheses as well as issues in the current chemical literature.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.5 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.7 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.7 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.4 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~3.5
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Professor, Chemistry Department
4.7 / 5
4.5 / 5
Professor, Patricia & Joseph T. Vanderslice Chair, Chemistry Department
4.2 / 5
4.2 / 5
Louise and Jim Vanderslice and Family Chair in Che, Chemistry Department
5.0 / 5
4.8 / 5
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
2 sectionsSpring 2024
1 sectionSpring 2022
2 sectionsSpring 2021
2 sectionsSpring 2020
1 section